Oura is redesigning the app with expanded stress tracking

Oura launches a redesigned app with expanded stress-tracking insights as it develops new blood pressure features that can identify signs of high blood pressure.

The updated Oura app will introduce a new Cumulative Stress feature that provides a weekly overview of how the body is managing and recovering from ongoing stress, drawing on sleep, heart rate, temperature and activity data. The redesign, cumulative stress, and new stress management dashboard will be available on iOS and Android globally “in the coming weeks,” according to Oura.

The company also announced that it is working with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a blood pressure study that will be available to US members of the Oura Labs early access platform “in the coming months.” Its goal is to develop a feature that can “identify early signs of hypertension” — a term for abnormally high blood pressure in the blood vessels.

Study participants will be notified of their current likelihood of developing high blood pressure by combining Oura Ring data with information collected via questionnaire about family history, medications and lifestyle habits. Many Apple Watch models already support high blood pressure notifications afterward This feature was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration in September.